Re: [PATCH] cifs: Add mount parameter to control deferred close timeout

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On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 at 16:03, Shyam Prasad N <nspmangalore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 3:23 AM Tom Talpey <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a justification for why this is necessary?
> >
> > When and how are admins expected to use it, and with what values?
> >
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> This came up specifically when a customer reported an issue with lease break.
> We wanted to rule out (or confirm) if deferred close is playing any
> part in this by disabling it.
> However, to disable it today, we will need to set acregmax to 0, which
> will also disable attribute caching.
>
> So Bharath now submitted a patch for this to be able to tune this
> parameter separately.

Ok,  will the option be removed later once the investigation is done?
We shouldn't add options that are difficult/impossible to use
correctly by normal users.


>
> > On 6/29/2022 4:26 AM, Bharath SM wrote:
> > > Adding a new mount parameter to specifically control timeout for deferred close.
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Shyam



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